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100

Name a county where black settlements were established?

Hodgeman, Cherokee, Graham, Morris, Nicodemus

100

What was the Timber Act?

let settlers get more land

100

What did people use to keep the fire burning?

buffalo chips and cow chips

200

how much did a homesteader need to start a farm?

$500 - $1000

200

how many Indian reservations remained in Kansas after the civil war?

four

200

how many siblings did Abby Bright have?

6 (3 brothers and 3 sisters)

300

What here the Exodusters named after?

the bible story of the exodus from Egypt

300

what did Benjamin "Pap" Singleton courage?

blacks leaving the country.

300

how much did you have to pay for land?

$10

400

What did the Exodusters mostly travel by?

boats

400

What did George Grant found in Ellis County?

The town of Victoria

400

what did people live in?

sod houses or dug outs

500

Who was the largest European group to settle here?

Germans

500

After Kansas became  a state what did Sweden suffer from?

famine

500

In Britain it was customary for children the do what?

fallow in their parents foot steps and do the same work as their parents.